the burmese court may have been counting on another limited border war but the emperor now ordered an invasion of northern burma . ( he also ordered an invasion of champ ##a , whose king too had refused to submit . ) the burmese king ' s troubles did not go unnoticed elsewhere in the kingdom . in the same year , a us ##ur ##per named ware ##ru seized the southern port city of marta ##ban ( mo ##tta ##ma ) by killing its pagan @ - @ appointed governor . although the king ' s three sons were viceroy ##s of the nearby lower burma cities ( in bass ##ein ( path ##ein ) , prom ##e ( p ##ya ##y ) , and dal ##a
the burmese court may have been counting on another limited border war but the emperor now ordered an invasion of northern burma. ( he also ordered an invasion of champa, whose king too had refused to submit. ) the burmese king's troubles did not go unnoticed elsewhere in the kingdom. in the same year, a usurper named wareru seized the southern port city of martaban ( mottama ) by killing its pagan @ - @ appointed governor. although the king's three sons were viceroys of the nearby lower burma cities ( in bassein ( pathein ), prome ( pyay ), and dala